AI Engineer

Reporting to our UK Head of Emerging Technology, you'll be at the forefront of our AI transformation, working with the latest technologies to solve real problems. Your time will be split across:

• Experimentation and Evaluation: Exploring cutting-edge AI technologies, assessing their practical applications, and building proof-of-concepts that demonstrate value
• Solution Development: Building innovative AI solutions that address specific client challenges or enhance our internal delivery capabilities
• Knowledge Sharing and Capability Building: Sharing insights across Codurance, contributing to our AI best practices, and helping teams understand how to leverage AI effectively
• Client Delivery: Contributing directly to AI-related client projects, bringing hands-on experience and technical expertise, * Uncapped training support - No fixed training budget: if it's relevant and you share your learnings, we'll cover the cost. We encourage continuous development at all levels.
• Personal learning budget - Use Learnerbly to access curated courses, books, and coaching resources to support your growth and progression.
• Transparency - From day one, you'll have access to company financials and salary bandings, reflecting our commitment to openness and trust.
• Private medical cover & life assurance - Includes dental and optical. Life cover provides a lump-sum payment for additional peace of mind.
• Pension (4% top-up) and income protection - Option to choose from an employer pension top-up to 5% or a holiday voucher for the value of £1000 after 5 years of service. 8% pension top-up or a holiday voucher for the value of £2000 after 8 years of service
• Employee assistance program (EAP), including access to wellbeing support (counselling, therapy)
• Enhanced parental leave - Supporting you and your family with more time and flexibility when it matters most.
• Electric Vehicle and Cycle to work scheme

As someone performing this role, these are some of the things we are looking for:

• A passion for AI technologies and a genuine interest and curiosity in the development of Generative AI for software and product development
• Comfortable in knowledge sharing and upskilling
• Proven experience building LLM-powered applications in production environments
• Strong prompt engineering skills with demonstrated ability to optimise for various use cases
• A deep understanding of RAG architectures, including vector databases, embedding strategies, and retrieval optimisation
• Strong experience with evaluation and observability tools for AI systems
• Familiarity with Agentic frameworks such as OpenAI Agent SDK, LangChain, CrewAI
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted software development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor
• Proficient in Python with experience in relevant ML/AI libraries and frameworks
• Proven track record of building AI solutions using major cloud providers (preferably AWS or Azure)
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies

It would be a bonus if you have any of the following:

• Familiarity with model fine-tuning
• Graph database experience for complex knowledge representation
• Familiarity with AI automation platforms such as n8n
• Frontend development skills to contribute to user interface development
• Experience speaking at industry events, hackathons or community meetups
• Experience in customer-facing, pre-sales activities such as developing and presenting proposals to clients and leading Discovery work

Codurance is seeking talented AI Engineers to join our UK team and help build our AI capability from the ground up. If you're passionate about generative AI and want to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and real-world client solutions, this is your opportunity. About Codurance We're a global software consultancy with software craftsmanship at our core. Since 2013, we've been helping clients build remarkable digital products and evolve legacy systems through quality practices and collaborative engagement. Born from the London Software Craftsmanship Community, we've maintained that same community spirit and commitment to excellence., Everyone should have the right to bring their whole self to work and be celebrated for who they are. Our people are hired purely on their commitment to these values and their ambition to deliver outstanding results for our clients. Codurance is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace.